Orange County Indexed
The Stephens surname
The Stephens name in Orange County Indexed: 81 historical records, 4 people in the chronology and 1 heading in books and archives.
- In the records
- 1755 to 1905
most named in the 1820s
- Tax lists 1755–1790
- Deeds 1770–1852
- Wills 1775–1837
- Marriages 1784–1905
- Court minutes 1787–1818
- In the chronology
- 1965 to 1993 4 people in 6 entries, most in the 1990s
- In books and archives
- 1 person
- Places in its deeds and wills
- Haw Creek (5), Eno River (4), Birds Branch (3), Dismukes Road (2), Prices Creek (2), Wolf Pit Branch (2), Stags Creek (1), Cub Island Creek (1)
- Married into
- Holloway 2, Holt 2, Archie 1, Burke 1, Carddin 1, Cates 1, Conklin 1, Hatchel 1, Holden 1, Horne 1, Johnson 1, Jones 1 · the marriages
- Often named with
- Bynum 4, Riggs 2, Robertson 2, Ray 2, Carrington 2, Latta 2, Campbell 2, Nelson 2, Nevill 2, Grimes 2, Hanson 2, Guess 2
- People with a page here
- Brenda Stephens
- Spellings to try
- Stevens, Steephans
- Search beyond these records
- Stephens in Ancestry Library Edition (on the library’s public computers; add Orange County, North Carolina as a place)
- HeritageQuest, through NC LIVE (anywhere, with your OCPL library card; search Stephens there)
- Stephens in Orange County records on FamilySearch (free account)
Drawn from the records below. Families named together, or married to one another, are leads to follow, not proof of kinship. A similar spelling may be another family, and two people of the same name are not necessarily the same person.
In the chronology 4 people
The people of this surname named in the county’s dated events, as the names index lists them. Each printed name is its own heading; names that may be one person are not merged.
- Stephens, Brenda 1 entry, 1993
- Stephens, Donald 2 entries, 1990–1991
- Stephens, Janet 2 entries, 1974
- Stephens, Ruth Anderson 1 entry, 1965
In books and archives 1 heading
Subject headings from the library catalogs Orange County Indexed gathers. A family heading collects genealogies and family papers; a person heading, the works about that person.
- Stephens, Brenda, 4 works
In the historical records 81 records
24 deeds, 22 marriages, 26 court minutes, 4 tax list entries and 5 wills and papers, oldest first. Every record that names someone of this surname, as the record spells it; choose a collection to narrow the list. Stephens marriages in full · Search the name in every collection
1750s
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: David Stephens
- 1755Tax listsThe 1755 list of tithables: William Stephens
1770s
- 1770DeedsJohn Campbell Sr to Charles Stephens, 6 October 1770
- 1775WillsWill of Joseph Borrin
- 1776WillsWill of Arthur (x) Stephens
- 1779Tax listsThe 1779 tax list: Stephens John
1780s
- 1784MarriagesMarriage bond: Benjamin Stephens and Rachel Holloway
- 1785WillsDeed: Samuel May to Southerland and others
- 1787MarriagesMarriage bond: Henry Stephens and Jane Holloway
- 1787Court minutesThe jury awarded Hugh Dobbins one penny in damages plus costs against Thos Stephens.
- 1788DeedsThomas Conelly to Daniel Stephens, 8 May 1788
1790s
- 1790Tax listsThe 1790 tax list: Dan’l Stephens (St. Thomas’ District)
- 1791WillsBill of sale: Henry Stephens to John Ross
- 1793DeedsThomas Connally to Daniel Stephens, August 1793
- 1793Court minutesSam’l Piper became overseer with listed workers for the University road toward Clarks ferry.
- 1796DeedsDaniel Stephens to Jesse Nevill, 2 February 1796
1800s
- 1800MarriagesMarriage bond: Joseph Merritt and Nancy Stephens
- 1801DeedsJesse Nevill to Daniel Stephens, 31 January 1801
- 1804DeedsDaniel Stephens to John Wilson, 9 January 1804
- 1804DeedsDaniel Stephens to Moses Atwater, 9 January 1804
- 1807DeedsMary Robertson & Benjamin Stephens & Mary Stephens & Thomas Riggs & Rhody Riggs & Nancy Robertson to John Ray, 15 August 1807
- 1807Court minutesDeed, Mary Robertson, Benj Stephens, Mary Stephens, Thos Riggs and Nancy Roberts to John Ray, proved by Thomas Bradford.
1810s
- 1810MarriagesMarriage bond: Solomon Wilson and Elizabeth Stephens
- 1811Court minutesThe court appointed Alexander Mason as road overseer.
- 1814DeedsJohn D Carrington & George Carrington to Charles Stephens, 22 November 1814
- 1816DeedsJames Latta to Charles Stephens, 11 January 1816
- 1817DeedsCharles Stephens to Moore Stephens, 4 February 1817
- 1817MarriagesMarriage bond: Moore Stephens and Rebecca Moize
- 1818Court minutesNathaniel Hicks was fined for failing to testify in Charles Stephens’s action against Moses Guess.
- 1818Court minutesThe jury decided Charles Stephens’s action in favor of Moses Guess.
- 1818Court minutesDeed, Charles Stephens to Moore Stephens, proved by Andrew Hailey.
- 1818Court minutesThe sheriff was ordered to summon a jury to investigate Charles Stephens’s mental capacity.
1820s
- 1823DeedsCharles Stephens to Zachariah Trice, 23 February 1823
- 1823DeedsMoore Stephens to Reeves Mangum, 5 March 1823
- 1823MarriagesMarriage bond: James Partin and Nancy Stephens
- 1825DeedsMary Redding to John Stephens, 6 March 1825
- 1825DeedsSusannah Hastings by attorney to John Stephens, 15 March 1825
- 1827DeedsAnn Hastings & John Hastings by attorney to John Stephens, 3 February 1827
- 1827MarriagesMarriage bond: John Carddin and Mary Ann Stephens
- 1829DeedsNicholas Thompson to Thomas Stephens & Peter Walker, 2 June 1829
- 1829DeedsJoseph Allison to Ishmael Stephens, 17 December 1829
- 1829DeedsJane Stephens to John Stephens, 5 December 1829
- 1829MarriagesMarriage bond: John Whittaker and Patsy Stephens
1830s
- 1830DeedsThomas McCracken & Priscilla McCracken to Ishmeal Stephens, 21 August 1830
- 1831MarriagesMarriage bond: Anderson Horne and Anne Stephens
- 1833MarriagesMarriage bond: Thomas Stephens and Betsey Burke
- 1834DeedsThomas Stephens Sr to William Wolf trustee & Archibald Burke trustee, 16 December 1834
- 1834MarriagesMarriage bond: John Archie and Rebecca Stephens
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: John (Of Henry) Holt and Sally Stephens
- 1836MarriagesMarriage bond: John (Of Henry) Holt and Sally Stephens
- 1837DeedsThomas Stephens to John Bane trustee & Uriah Riley, 17 June 1837
- 1837WillsWill of Samuel Nelson
- 1838MarriagesMarriage bond: William Stephens and Marsha Jones
1840s
- 1840MarriagesMarriage bond: John Stephens and Sally Stuart
1850s
1860s
- 1865MarriagesMarriage bond: George Sparrow and Caroline Stephens
1870s
- 1874MarriagesMarriage license: William A Johnson and Nancy E Stephens
- 1875MarriagesMarriage license: Rufus Holden and Sarah Stephens
- 1878MarriagesMarriage license: Daniel Raynor and Annie Stephens
1890s
- 1897MarriagesMarriage license: S T Stephens and Jodie Cates
1900s
Undated
- DeedsJohn Campbell to Charles Stephens, March 1759
- Court minutesWilliam Grimes brought an action on the case against William Stephens.
- Court minutesA jury was appointed to open the road from Hart’s Road past Saxon’s mill toward the road from Runnels Cabins.
- Court minutesRobert Hastie and company brought a petition against William Stephens.
- Court minutesJohn Bynum brought a debt claim against William Stephens.
- Court minutesJohn Bynum brought a debt claim against David Stephens.
- Court minutesFifteen grand jurors were sworn with Solomon Debow as foreman.
- Court minutesRichard Hanson brought an action on the case against Charles Stephens.
- Court minutesWilliam Grimes brought an action on the case against William Stephens.
- Court minutesRichard Hanson brought an action on the case against Charles Stephens.
- Court minutesJohn Bynum brought an action on the case against William Stephens.
- Court minutesJohn Bynum brought an action on the case against David Stephens.
- Court minutesDavid Mebane became overseer from Meadow Meeting House to Col. Alex. Mebane’s, with hands Alex Mebane, Sam, John Nelson and 18 others ass…
- Court minutesOn John Hogan’s petition, the court appointed a road jury and workers for a route from the University toward Chatham.
- Court minutesThe court appointed a jury to survey a connection from John Hogans to the Chatham road and report.
- Court minutesAlexander Russell and the other named men were appointed to patrol Rich’d Woods’s district without pay.
- Court minutesAdministration of the estate of Henry Stevens granted to Jane Stephens; sureties Reuben Smith.
- Court minutesDeed, John D Carrington & George Carrington to Charles Stephens, acknowledged in court.
- Court minutesDeed, James Latta to Charles Stephens, proved by Nathaniel Hucks.
